Language for Thinking: A Structured Approach for Young Children
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (637 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0863885756 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Language for Thinking" according to Spechies&Cream. This is an excellent resource for Speech Pathologists and Teachers alike. It is easy to use and the screening tool is usefulway of deciding the starting point for working with a child's language. The three levels gives flexibility and opportunity to tailor make the language activity to suit the child. I have just bought two copies, one for my department and one to lend to the teaching staff.. Peggy G. said Five Stars. This is a great resource for speech-language pathologists.. A. Polly said Five Stars. Good activities.
Quick, practical and easy to use in the classroom, this programme can be used with individual children, in small groups or can form the basis of a literacy lesson or speech language therapy session. It is based on fifty picture and verbal scenarios that can be used flexibly with a wide range of ages and abilities. Question sheets are carefully structured to promote children's development of inference, verbal reasoning and thinking skills. Verbal reasoning is particularly difficult for children who are recognised as having delayed language skills, specific language impairment, Autistic Spectrum Disorder (including Asperger's Syndrome), pragmatic language impairment or moderate learning difficulties. While most children develop verbal reasoning skills with relative ease, others find it more challenging. Children with less obvious oral language difficulties may begin to struggle when they start to read. This photocopiable resource provides a clear structure to assist teachers, SENCOs, learning support assistants and speech language therapists in developing children's language from the concrete to the abstract. The three parallel assessments of spoken and written language can be used to assess each child'
It provides practical ideas that they can use in the classroom to develop children"s speaking and listening skills in a structured way." Carolyn Maples, Headteacher Ofsted Inspector "I can"t wait to start using thiswill also heartily recommend it to colleaguesanother most excellent and useful addition." Jill McMinn, NAPLIC "This programme is very clearly laid out and easy to understand and score. It"s excellent as a classroom based assessment." Independent Talking Points "This resource is useful and relevant in clinics and schoolsvalue for moneyversatile and practical." Zoe Duckett and Carolyn Angell, SLTs Speech and Language Therapy in Practice "clearly laid out, easy-to-use bookprogramme is well de
She has experience of mainstream schools, language resource bases and Sure Start. . He has extensive experience of working in language resources bases, mainstream schools and special schools. Anna Branagan is Clinical Lead Specialist Speech and Language Therapist at City and Hackney Teaching PCT. Stephen Parsons is currently working in London as Speech Language Therapy Team Manager at City and Hackney Teaching PCT.